Definition of Sockdolager

a decisive and often unexpected blow

Examples of Sockdolager in a sentence

President Trump’s win came as a surprising sockdolager to both Democrats and Republicans alike.  🔊

His request for a divorce a sockdolager to his unsuspecting wife, the man quickly gathered his things and moved out of the house.  🔊

Luscious' family voting him out of his CEO position came as a sockdolager since her never expected it.  🔊

Although it was a sockdolager, the unexpected loss by TKO made the losing boxer even more determined.  🔊

The judge’s sockdolager ruling came as a surprise to the public that thought the defendant was guilty.  🔊

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